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Decent ending but i expected the final showdown to have a little more umph behind it. It felt like after the Kid, Blackstar fight Maka's fight just fizzled. I understand the message they were portraying but still i just was not feeling it. It was nice to see everything worked out in the end.

I liked the series it was a fun ride just fizzled out for me in the end.

I snipped a bit of the quote, but the remaining part reflects my opinion perfectly. The idea of the ending wasn't bad, albeit rather mediocre, but it was executed in a way that showed none of the drive and gusto I enjoyed in the first half of this anime. The battle against Kishin in episodes 20+ was much more interesting and dramatic.

Though I liked Maka saving the day. Hooray for female shounen heroes. But I felt they burdened her character with too much reflection in the later parts of the anime. We get it. She's not Black*Star. She overanalyzes her potential and her actions and her future and gets doubts because of that. Being told that once or twice is enough to understand.

well the ending makes me glad i know the manga will take another route.

Seriously, she get to be a weapon soul to but just didn't know it? LAME, would have been better if she suddenly was able to project her soul force like Stein and Black Star. Would have made a lot more sense for the last punch.

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I am kinda surprised they didn't use her "black dress form" that we just saw in the manga

All in all rather disappointing. Would have preferred her and Soul create a "God Hunter" move instead.

well the ending makes me glad i know the manga will take another route.

Seriously, she get to be a weapon soul to but just didn't know it? LAME, would have been better if she suddenly was able to project her soul force like Stein and Black Star. Would have made a lot more sense for the last punch.

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I am kinda surprised they didn't use her "black dress form" that we just saw in the manga

All in all rather disappointing. Would have preferred her and Soul create a "God Hunter" move instead.

Okay. It would have made no sense for the black dress to turn up in that context, because it is a representation of the black blood, which Maka was absolutely not using in the moment she punched Asura.

Secondly, the whole point of the punch was that it wasn't down to physical force alone. It was Maka's courage that opposed fear/madness that Asura represents.

Having some sort of massive Scythe or soul wavelength attack from Maka do the job would have, I think, defeated the point Bones was trying to make; that courage - in everybody, according to them - not the brute strength that her peers were relying on at that point, was enough to finish the Big Bad.

This is a SRSBSNS rant post, and I suggest anyone who don't like reading too much to skip it. What makes this different however, is that it's made to rant not against the whole "owning Kishin in one punch" ordeal, but rather made to support it.

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First and foremost, I acknowledge the fact that Soul Eater has its own pile of flaws. The Sanzu line / Shinigami ambiguity, the Maka outshining Soul thing, Kishin suddenly lost his balls, etc, are defects worth pointing out. But do they really matter that much? Is it so blasphemous and vile to shaft the other characters and have obscurities as to labeling this episode as trash? Obviously not, and most of the people here are right to be not entirely too concerned with those particular aforementioned flaws.

That being said, I would believe the meat of the complains all comes down to the anti-climatic punch that ultimately owned the Kishin. A few forumers here have already presented great arguments that, rather than parroting them, I'm going to assemble here:

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Originally Posted by Iloxus

Okay, I didnīt like the last 5-10 episodes, but the very last of them were kinda good. This ending didnīt show us an epic battle, but perfectly shows the insanity and how special this anime is. I mean courage, just like madness, is within everybody. It is the total opposite and the only way to encounter madness. The villian neither killed by some special abilities nor bonds between friends forming an ultra special move, but courage to face fear, which is the source of madness. Kishin irritated by her determination, not understanding, not being able to grasp the meaning and also shattered through his own insanity. And in the end, is is not something special....everyone has it. Courage....

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Mm though I would've rather have preferred an epic battle, I think this ending was rather ok, since it was more psychological win than a physical battle. I mean, Maka would've had absolutely no chance of winning, and if she had pulled off like a super saiyan mode or something, I would've been very angry. At least this way, her win seemed a little more believable, considering kisshin's nature.

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Originally Posted by lmd_84

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Secondly, the whole point of the punch was that it wasn't down to physical force alone. It was Maka's courage that opposed fear/madness that Asura represents.

Having some sort of massive Scythe or soul wavelength attack from Maka do the job would have, I think, defeated the point Bones was trying to make; that courage - in everybody, according to them - not the brute strength that her peers were relying on at that point, was enough to finish the Big Bad.

During the episode, Maka was able to use a Kishin Hunter (lol) and gave the Kishin himself a direct hit. Any "typical shounen" could have ended it there, or maybe stretch it out a little more first and have Maka stand up after getting stabbed in the arms, lung, heart, intestines, whatever and then give Kishin that flashy finishing blow. In my honest, honest opinion however, that's bull. As is any alternatives that requires the barrier, which has established to be unbreachable, to get breached. FYI: I also veto any proposition to see Soul, Maka, Kid, Black Star, etc and their dog do a fusion and become a Tengen Toppa Kishin Eater. So physically, it's impossible to ever win the Kishin. It's something he even said himself.

So what is the one weakness that the Kishin has that is so awesomely hidden behind his seemingly mental and physical invincibility? It's the very thing he has been relying upon: his fear. His pessimism of the world stems from his belief that insanity, caused by this innate fear, is unstoppable. That everyone will be consumed by fear sooner or later, or die a very tragic death trying not to.

But then he learns what is courage. It is the thing that can resist fear eternally. He learns that perhaps courage is the alternative to giving into fear, and that everyone has it in them (akin to everyone can punch). His entire being, which is fear itself, then collapses at his realization and it ceases to exist inside of him. (Therefore, it can be said that he doesn't have to asplode and die, and he can live just with his fear gone, but err... viewers probably won't be happy with it.)

So to me, BONES may have not taken the perfect route by writing themselves into a corner, but at least their way of getting out of it was certainly already the best to me.

It was a great episode with some suprises and plus, it was the ending.. even so it was not perfect, and I kinda though it was a bit disappointing, not because of the ep it self, but because of the direction the anime took... I keep my opinion that this show started was perfect awesomeness and went downhill from there, with some great eps, I must admit, in the middle, to try to save the show.

Even so, quality was lost along the time.

Oh well, I love to find that maka was a scythe (awesome), that my dear shimigami was alive (although I would prefer him to die if that made kiddo the new shimigami) and I loved how kinshin lost because he was a coward after all (although they could have made some better scenes for that).